UPDATE 1-Conoco plans 4-5 week turnaround at Surmont oil sands in Q3

CALGARY, Alberta Aug 11 (Reuters) - Production at
ConocoPhillips' Surmont oil sands project will shut down
during a four to five week turnaround starting on Sept. 2, with
30,000 barrels per day going offline, a company spokeswoman said
on Monday.

The Surmont project in northern Alberta has a regulatory
capacity of 27,000 bpd but has been running above that rate due
to efficient operations, Conoco Phillips spokeswoman Lauren
Stewart said.

Conoco Phillips operates Surmont under a 50/50 joint venture
agreement with Total E&P Canada. The project is
undergoing an expansion that will raise production to 136,000
bpd of bitumen by 2017.
(Reporting by Nia Williams; Editing by Chris Reese and
Marguerita Choy)